Improvement in hat-fasteners



I. L. TRIPP. Hat-Fastgner.,

No. 205,014. Patentejd lune 18, 1878.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREEMAN L. TRIPP, OF EAU CLAIRE, WISOONSIN.

IM PROVEM ENT IN HAT- FASTENERS.

Specification forniing part of Ltters Patent NO. 205,014, dated June 18, 1878 application filed March 25, 1878.

T0 all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, FREEMAN L. TRIPP, of Eau Claire, in the county ofEan Claire and State of Wisoonsin, have invented certain new and nseful Improvements in Ha [7 or Bonnet Holders; and I do hereby deelare th at the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whieh will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specifioation, and in whieh Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fastener detached. Fig. 2 shows a hat having my improved fastener or holder; and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the hat having my improved holder.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention relates to an improved fastener or holder to be attached to ladies bats or bonnets for the purpose of adjusting and securing them npon the head; and it consists of a frame made of wire or other suitable material, and having two or more prongs that enter the har, substantiafly s hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, A is a hat or bonnet. B is the fastener. This consists of a wire body,

bent so as to form prongs b b, whieh are spaced and stiflned by braces c 0.

The wire body is so constructed and shaped that it may readily be sewed or otherwise secured in the bat, preferably under the crown, and the prongs are bent in sueh a manner in relation to the body that they Will readily enter the baek har when the hat or bonnet is adjusted upon the heatl of the wearer.

My improved holder or fastener Wii1 hold the hat or bonnet safely in stormy weather, and W111 at all times be found very convenient, as strings, elasties, and other fastening devices may be dispensed With.

Having thus described my invention, I daim and desire to seoure by Letters Patent of the United States As an improvement in hat or bonnet hoiders, the wire body B, having prongs I) I) and braces or stifieners c c, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony that I daim the foregoin g as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in presenee of two witnesses.

FREEMAN L. TRIPP.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. KEI1H, A. R. BERGE. 

